(As may be recalled, I have been saying this for months that both SOS and JTHJ will embark on a good start. I had even put up a survey regarding which film will do better in which circuit. The only point I disagreed with was Bihar leading or SOS in Bihar. The same has now been confirmed.The opening is more or less on expected lines).

Jab Tak Hai Jaan has blockbuster written all over it!

I checked out the film with a bunch of my students. And here are my views.

Having said that, the above are not impediments in JTHJ becoming a blockbuster. And whenever I go to see a YC film, I am prepared for a slowish second half (though it tests my patience). Here the second half was not as slow as a DTPH & VZ, thankfully.

As a parting shot, all makers should see a tutorial on what cameo should be like. Seen it with Akki in DTPH & now with Neetu-Rishi. It should be impactful, like in YC films.

lolll tango sir.
good i was in patong too, the best place for hoteling and sleeping,
but patong beach will be full full
wahan se aik chota scooter lo karai par ( very cheap ) aur phir dekna mazaa ahe ga, dont rent a car.
in the main avenu, i forget its name, where there is christine massage you have some halal restaurant ( paki arabic ect…) dubai restaurant is good

if you take the direction to hilton from patong, you will have beautiful place and beach

i wont get to see the movie until the thanksgiving break – so wont comment much on the movie. just some general thoughts

am actually a little surprised at gorilla and tango’s reviews – the word i heard about the movie was that it was strictly average and too long. So i am not expecting to like it as much as they did

It seems based on reviews and general comments here and elsewhere – this movie has got similar reviews and wom like ETT. So now this makes it an interesting comparison between SRK and Salman – all things being equal. i dont buy the excuses about genre of movie etc – coz both ETT and JTHJ are both typical hindi movies. And i am not going to talk about costs here as that again doesnt matter for the comparison I want to make

A few years ag0 – prior to Dabaang – Salman was about 15-20 cr behind SRK in India and far ahead in overseas. Take for eg a veer vs MNIK or wanted vs OSO etc etc. Now things seem to have changed. Been a while since we could make an apple to apple comparison – though some salman fans would suggest that Ra-1 vs BG could be a comparison.

So leaving all the past aside – lets look at it here. Both ETT and JTHJ are from Yashraj – both have the same press coverage – similar reviews – where no one hated it – but they didnt call it a 3 idiots either – wom has been mixed on the positive side …so far at least

ETT nos.
India – 190 (BOI has a little less and Taran/Komal have it a little more)
Overseas – 10M USD (is this right?)

So lets see how much JTHJ makes

It should more or less break the overseas numbers I would think – lets see. India would be very interesting. Yes there is competition from SOS but I hardly see that as a factor given the holidays that are there and free run for 2 weeks.
If JTHJ makes close to 175-180 – then one could give a benefit of doubt to it saying it may have made another 10 cr if SOS hadnt come – we can then equate a SRK and Salman in India
If JTHJ makes 150 – then Salman has taken over and he has the plus 30 cr advantage in india
If JTHJ makes 130 or less then Salman is in a different league in India and SRK has to reinvent himself

How would one judge their stardoms if their worldwide numbers are in similar range but Salman has an advantage in India – as most suspect..?

Indeed it has blockbuster written…..jthj truly stands on srks anushka performance and the climax…..this is surely will even make haters fall for srks performance and second best after chakde….
Ranbeer nw has a tough competition…

beld-go with wateva expectations,der r parts wic r amazing den boring and dis pattern follows thruout movie….bt i wud say even the boring parts ultimately are necessary to make a super climax….i wud say it is one of the best climax in any film industry,bcoz it has suspense and den an emotional outpour….
Having said so much abt climax still wen u see u wont be underwhelmed…
Only a la yash chopra cud have done this..

seriously haters wil even like it and public review has been postive nt nly frm news channels or internet,twitter bt also my own friend who realy dnt like srk kind of cinema bt stil they said they loved it…
I am damn sure haters in ng evn if they like they wil write post abt film as worst film ever seen.